An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Belg. baeker-en is used in the same sense; baeker-en een kindt, to warm a child. We say, To beik in the sun; so, Belg. baekeren in de sonne. But our word is more immediately allied to the Scandinavian dialects; Su. G. bak-a, to warm.

BEIK, adj. Warm.
Bannatyne Poems.

BEIK, s.
1. This word primarily signifying the beak or bill of a fowl, is "sometimes used for a man's mouth, by way of contempt;" Rudd.
Douglas.
2. It is used, as a cant word, for a person; "an auld beik," "a queer beik," &c. S.

Belg. biek, Fr. bec, rostrum. It may be observed that the latter is metaph. applied to a person.

V. [Bejan].

To BEIL, BEAL, v. n.
1. To suppurate, S.
Maitland Poems.
2. To swell or rankle with pain, or remorse; metaph. applied to the mind, S. B.
Ross.
Wodrow.

Belg. buyl-en, protuberare? Ihre derives Su. G. bold, a boil, from Isl. bolg-a, intumescere.

BEILIN, s. A suppuration, S.

BEILD, BIELD, s.
1. Shelter, refuge, protection, S.
Gawan and Gol.

"Every man bows to the bush he gets bield frae;" S. Prov. Every man pays court to him who gives him protection.